(Amendment   2   to 
B.  A.  [.Order  152. ) 


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Unitcnl  States  Department  of  Agnctflture;' 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


U.S.  DEPOSITORY 


AMENDMENT  2  TO   RULE   2,  REVISION   2.-T0   PREVENT  THE   SPREAD 
OF  SCABIES  IN  CATTLE. 

Amendment  effective  on  and  after  May  15,  1909. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  contagious  disease  known  as  scabies  is 
not  now  known  to  exist,  or  exists  to  a  slight  extent  only,  among  cattle 
in  the  counties  of  Trego,  Sheridan,  and  Thomas,  in  the  State  of  Kansas, 
quarantined  by  Rule  2,  Revision  2,  dated  September  5,  1908,  and 
effective  October  1,  1908,  as  amended  by  Amendment  1  thereto,  dated 
September  23,  1908,  and  effective  October  15,  1908. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
under  authority  of  law,  do  hereby  amend  said  Rule  2,  Revision  2,  to 
prevent  the  spread  of  scabies  in  cattle,  in  the  following  particulars, 
to  wit: 

That  part  of  Amendment  1  to  said  Rule  2,  Revision  2,  which  specifies 
the  quarantined  portion  of  the  State  of  Kansas  is  amended  to  read  as 
follows : 

"The  counties  of  Cheyenne,  Sherman,  Wallace,  Greeley,  Hamilton, 
Stanton,  Morton,  Stevens,  Grant,  Kearney,  Wichita,  Logan,  Rawlins, 
Gove,  Scott,  Lane,  Finney,  Gray,  Haskell,  Seward,  Meade,  Clark,  Ford, 
Kiowa,  and  Comanche,  in  the  State  of  Kansas." 

The  effect  of  this  order  is  to  release  from  quarantine  on  account  of 
scabies  in  cattle  the  counties  of  Trego,  Sheridan,  and  Thomas,  in  the 
State  of  Kansas. 

Done   at  Washington  this  sixth  day  of   May, 
1909. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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